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7:15AM // Laura Sykes is a community organiser with Lock the Gate Alliance and part of the Beyond Gas Network. She has been involved with grassroots climate justice and youth organising for over a decade, and is passionate about building community led campaigns to fight for systemic change. Laura is on the show today to talk about some of the current campaigns and organising, including the demand for Labor MPs to apply the water trigger to Beetaloo fracking. Head to www.lockthegate.org.au for information on how you can join the fight to stop coal and gas. 

7:30AM // Sarah and Emma from Free Kanaky Solidarity Naarm Collective: Sarah is a white settler from France living on Wurundjeri Country, and Emma is a white settler and unionist also living on Wurundjeri Country. They join us on the show to update us on the current situation in Kanaky; the new pro-France New Caledonian government, the implications for the people and struggle for independence, as well as Radio RATA. You can find current updates and ways to support by going to @freekanakysolidarity.naarm and @radio__rata on Instagram.

7:45AM // Jordy Silverstein is a Jewish social and cultural historian and senior research fellow at Melbourne Law School. She was one of the panelists at the inaugural symposium unifying antiracist research and action organised by the Indigenous-led Carumba Institute last month, which has since faced backlash in mainstream media. This culminated in a parliamentary inquiry into the event last Wednesday, raising serious concerns over political suppression and academic freedom. Jordy discusses the symposium itself, how and why it's been misrepresented, as well as potential weaponisation of the IHRA definition against university staff and students.

8:00AM // Emma Darragh is a writer, editor and academic, who grew up in Wollongong on Dharawal Country where she completed her PhD in creative writing in 2022. She joined us to speak about her debut novel, Thanks For Having Me, which was the winner of The Readings Prize for New Australian Fiction 2024, and writing taboos about motherhood. You can follow Emma on Instagram @emmaldarragh or check out her website at emmadarragh.com

8:15AM // Sarah Schwartz is a Legal Director in the Human Rights Law Centre's Democratic Freedoms team, which defends democratic rights and freedoms such as the right to protest, the rights of whistleblowers, and rights to participate in public affairs. Sarah discusses the Hate Crimes bill which has recently passed through Parliament and the implications of mandatory minimum sentencing. 

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Summoning - Lisa Mitchell and Jess Hitchcock